Being a Brummie is the in-thing now. With Cillian Murphy's accent being beamed across the globe, everyone's after a slice of that Brummie charm. But it's not as easy as you think - you've got to put ...

Explore the distinctive vocabulary that defines Birmingham and the West Midlands. Perfect for newcomers and locals alike.

The actress is used to portraying English and American characters, but clearly the Brummie accent is a bridge too far ...

Is there anything Rebecca Ferguson can’t do? Over the years, she’s saved the world multiple times alongside Ethan Hunt as Mission: Impossible’s Ilsa Faust. She’s taken on sand, Spice, and Sardaukar ...

Freak Show, Kathy Bates had to maintain her notorious attempt at a Baltimore accent, even while she was off set.

The lore has by now been recounted many a time: In 2004, Scott and Andrea Swift moved from central Pennsylvania to Nashville so that their 14-year-old daughter, Taylor, could pursue a career in ...

Birmingham-born sporting star, Hannah Hampton, has been earmarked as one of the favourites to win the Sports Personality of the Year Award this year. The Lioness, 25, has been an integral part of the ...

When police are unreliable witnesses, it shatters trust in the very institution we rely on to keep us safe. In a crime thriller, the street-savvy detective finds the culprit. In the sordid drama of ...

SALEM, Ore. - Karen Butler has a British-sounding accent, but she's never been to Europe. She woke up from dental surgery one day talking funny. A year and a half later her "foreign" accent remains, ...

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Accenture Federal Services’ (AFS), a subsidiary of Accenture (NYSE: ACN), has won Women in IT’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Initiative of the Year Award.

A bootcamp to help artists get their careers off the ground has seen participants get their work into galleries and magazines. The 10-week programme to help working class artists in the West Midlands ...